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At 10:28 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off from Snohomish County Airport in Everett, Wash., into cloudy
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a smooth landing at Boeing Field, in Seattle. The test pilots performed a long list of basic tests and systems checks, and they reported that the airplane flew beautifully, with "no surprises." Five
more copies of the 787 will be used in the flight test program, which is expected to take about nine months, with first deliveries late in 2010. The company said it has about 840 orders for the
airplane, from 55 different customers.

The program has suffered a number of delays and setbacks. First flight was originally scheduled for 2007, then was rescheduled about five times. Some of the composite structures had to be reinforced
with titanium, adding weight. But on Tuesday, company representatives seemed buoyant, and hopeful that the program's problems are now over. Click here for the FlightAware track of the flight. A live webcast of the takeoff and landing drew tens of thousands of viewers from around the world. Video of the first flight
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A few days after the first extended test flight of its G650 large executive jet, Gulfstream flew the super-midsize G250 for the first time. Whereas the first flight of the G650 on Nov. 25 was cut
short by a vibrating gear door, the G250 flight went as planned, taking off from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv for a flight lasting three hours and 21 minutes. The aircraft is being developed in
partnership with Israel Aircraft Industries. "The G250 performed extremely well, just as we expected," Pres Henne, Gulfstream's senior vice president, programs, engineering and test, said in a news
release.

Meanwhile, Airbus is celebrating the long-awaited first flight of its A400M heavy lift military transport. The big four-engine turboprop took off from Seville, Spain, for a four-hour flight in
which it performed "as expected," according to Airbus. Whether the program itself will take flight is another question. An 18-month development delay and rising costs have prompted Airbus to ask the
European Union for more money to keep the project alive.

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Embraer says U.S. deliveries of its Phenom 300 "light executive jet" should begin by the end of the year, following FAA type certification on Monday. The FAA nod came 10 days after Brazilian
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aircraft during testing prompted substantial rewrites of the specs.

Embraer says the MTOW takeoff distance has dropped from 3,700 feet to 3,138 feet and maximum landing weight landing distance is now 2,621 feet, from 2,950 feet. The improvements translate to
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The fallout from cost-cutting at NetJets was felt at Hawker Beechcraft as the planemaker announced the giant fractional operator is canceling $2.6 billion worth of orders. The company didn't
specify the types and numbers of aircraft but said it represented 90 percent of NetJets business over the next few years. The cancellation dropped Hawker Beechcraft's backlog by more than a third to
$3.5 billion, according to the Wichita Eagle.

The Hawker Beechcraft announcement came about a month after NetJets announced the layoff of 495 pilots as demand shrank for its services. NetJets was founded about 25 years ago and became the model
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Swift Enterprises announced this week that its biomass fuel, designed as a replacement for 100LL, has
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testing of aircraft fuel systems, engines and materials compatibility must take place before 100SF can be fully certified as airworthy. Rusek said once testing is complete, the fuel will be comparably
priced to other GA fuels and more efficient. Also this week, 13 major airlines signed on to work with two
producers of alternative jet fuel, AltAir Fuels and Rentech. "Our intention as an airline industry is to continue to do our part by supporting the use of alternative fuels," said Glenn Tilton, CEO of
United Airlines and chairman of the Air Transport Association. "We urge the U.S. government and the investment community also to do their part to further support this critical energy opportunity," he
said. The new agreements are nonbinding, but ATA said they lay "critical groundwork for negotiations over specific alternative-fuels purchase agreements."

The AltAir Fuels project is working to create jet fuel from camelina oils or comparable feedstock, refined at a new plant in Washington
State. The Rentech project in Mississippi is working to produce fuel principally from coal or petroleum coke. AVweb's editorial director Paul
Bertorelli took a look at the Swift Fuel project back in March; click here for that discussion. Also, the FAA said last week the federal government has awarded more than $600 million to help fund the development of biofuels.
"Renewable jet fuels are critical to building the cleaner, more sustainable Next Generation commercial aviation system in the United States," said Nancy LoBue, FAA Acting Assistant Administrator for
Aviation Policy, Planning and Environment. "This Administration is committed to establishing domestic renewable jet fuel production [to] address energy security, improve the environment and also
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The United States military officially retired one its most venerable and recognizable aircraft this year, Bell Helicopter's UH-1. For many a U.S. veteran, the Huey is nearly synonymous with his
tour of duty.

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IFR magazine's Jeff Van West talks with pilots from WWII (and just after) about the early days of instrument training and flying. These guys really lived on the edge  and went looking
for thunderstorms to fly.

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